I don’t know about the smaller but the 12 inch certainly can get very warm when you’re doing serious multi tasking. There’s a fan in the machine which does take the heat out through vents at the top of the tablet.
********** “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” > On 17 Nov 2017, at 11:48 pm, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would imagine that heat dispersal is one of the major issues with the > smaller model, regarding the processor. I’ll have to think hard before I jump > into this market. > > ======================================== > > My compliments and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. > > This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid > printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! > > Contact: > > • UK Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > • UK Geographic / Global: > +44(0) 1642 688095 > • UK Mobile/SMS: > +44 (0)7804 983849 > • Vic. Australia: > +61 38 82059300 > • US/Canada: > +1 646 9151493 > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > On 16 Nov 2017, at 20:10, Dane Trethowan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The LTE version is the one I have. > Also bare in mind that the Specs of the smaller Galaxy Book vary considerably > to that of the large, with the large you get a 256GB SSD and an Intel I5 > Processor whereas with the smaller you get a 128GB SSD and Intel I3 processor. > I’m wondering if the keyboard is the same with the smaller version? I wonder > this for the obvious reason size, the keyboard would have to be smaller so > what’s been sacrificed. > > > ********** > “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put > in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” > > > > >> On 17 Nov 2017, at 3:03 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> No! The Galaxy Book sells for £699.00 for the 10.6-Inch version and £899.00 >> for the 12-Inch. I’m not sure how much the LTE-enabled versions go for, I’ll >> check. >> >> ======================================== >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >> >> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid >> printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! >> >> Contact: >> >> • UK Free Phone: >> 0800 8620538 >> • UK Geographic / Global: >> +44(0) 1642 688095 >> • UK Mobile/SMS: >> +44 (0)7804 983849 >> • Vic. Australia: >> +61 38 82059300 >> • US/Canada: >> +1 646 9151493 >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 16 Nov 2017, at 15:41, Dane Trethowan <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I can't be sure of that as I don't know the conversion rate from pounds to >> Australian dollars but I think it would be near the mark yep. >> >> >> >> >> On 11/17/2017 1:07 AM, david griffith wrote: >>> Wow – I have just looked on Amazon and the price for that Tablet appears to >>> be £1,400 – does that sound right? >>> David Griffith >>> >>> My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog >>> http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ <http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/> >>> My Blind hammer Blog >>> https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts >>> <https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts> >>> >>> From: Dane Trethowan <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Sent: 15 November 2017 21:46 >>> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Tablet Computing >>> >>> The Samsung tablet in question is the Samsung Galaxy Book 12, its a higher >>> spec and more powerful machine than the Tab and I think its more recent too. >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you >>> put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 16 Nov 2017, at 4:01 am, David Griffith <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> OK glad to be contradicted. >>> I looked up the Samsung 12 on UK Amazon. >>> Is it this one on the UK Store ? >>> http://tinyurl.com/y8ml9a9o <http://tinyurl.com/y8ml9a9o> >>> In my defence it does not scream out a sim card in its specification >>> though I did notice a description of 4G WiFi on its description. >>> The main issue I think is that at over £700 including delivery It is >>> significantly more expensive than the tablets I was looking at – about >>> twice the cost of other PC tablet machines and nearly 3 times as much as >>> the Asus Chrome Books and 6 times as much as some of the Kindle options. >>> Even my sim based 64gb iPad was only £450, admittedly a few years ago now. >>> so I am probably looking at the wrong end of the market. I am not at all >>> sure I want to pay over £700 for a tablet I am only going to use >>> occasionally whilst out or on holiday. My main Desktop machine with 16 GB >>> ram, 512 GB SSD main drive with 4TB secondary drive which I used every >>> single day only cost me £550 , with Windows and Office though it was >>> custom built by an engineer I know. If I could find a cheaper Tablet >>> option like a Chrome Book at about £250 with a sim slot I would go for it >>> like a shot. >>> David Griffith >>> >>> >>> From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> Sent: 15 November 2017 15:28 >>> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! >>> Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Tablet Computing >>> >>> I’m sorry to contradict you but all the devices we have been talking about >>> - including my Samsung Galaxy Book 12 Windows Tablet - do allow for SIM >>> card data thus they are totally portable so use on a mountain top, park >>> bench or in a cafe, the choice is yours. >>> Actually the use of SIM cards in modern day computing goes deeper and runs >>> wider than I possibly thought, my New HP Probook 404 G3 can also take a SIM >>> card. >>> Many of the Android tablets out there naturally take a SIM card too though >>> - as I said earlier - at present I don’t believe the current crop of >>> Android tablets are anywhere near up to speed when it comes to Windows or >>> IOS offerings, even the build isn’t as good. >>> Will that change? I sincerely hope so but its taking a long time. >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you >>> put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 16 Nov 2017, at 2:00 am, David Griffith <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> The biggest and surprising failing for nearly all of the Android / Kindle / >>> windows Tablet options out there I see is the failure to include a Sim >>> option for genuinely mobile computing. WiFi devices may be feasible for use >>> in cities but quickly grind to a halt when travelling or when you are in a >>> cottage in the country which does not have WiFi. I find this extremely odd >>> as it is precisely when I am away from home and in this situation away >>> from WiFi that I am most likely to need to use these sorts of devices. If >>> they are portable devices they should in my mind be most useful if they can >>> be used wherever there is a mobile signal rather than reliant on clumsily >>> piggy backing on somebody else’s WiFi. >>> I started looking at chrome Books but no mobile sim options I can find, >>> similarly for Windows tablets Kindle tablets and most Android tablets. This >>> is the strangest lack I find in the mobile tablet sector at the moment. >>> You could cobble solutions together I suppose by using Dongles or tethering >>> but elegant this is not. >>> In these situations only my iPhone and my old iPad Mini with data sim cut >>> the mustard and provide some web connectivity for me. People are often >>> surprised that my old iPad can connect to the web anywhere but this is old >>> not new technology. In ancient times of early Kindle Keyboard models you >>> could use a data sim but bizarrely no more as Amazon has completely >>> withdrawn data sim options for Kindle and they are all WiFi only now. As >>> useful as a choclate teapot on a motorway or in a country cottage without >>> WiFi. >>> If anybody can point me to a newer genuinely portable device with this >>> functionality I would be interested. >>> David Griffith >>> >>> >>> From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> Sent: 14 November 2017 21:15 >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Techno-Chat]: Tablet Computing >>> >>> Firstly the Samsung Galaxy Books are Windows based tablets so if you >>> purchase a Galaxy Book you're literally purchasing yourself a mini Windows >>> 10 Pro machine, nothing wrong with that whatever. >>> I was asked what I thought the best Android tablet was. >>> Only my opinion of course but I don't think there's any best Android tablet >>> right now and I'm astonished that I'm making such remarks as there very >>> clearly should be some very good Android tables around but for some reason >>> there isn't. >>> When it comes to build the iPad range are tops, I've not yet seen an >>> Android tablet come even close. >>> When it comes to Power the iPad keeps moving ahead. >>> So we have the iPad but then that's not everything that people may demand >>> from a tablet, yes its powerful but perhaps not versatile enough and that's >>> where a good Android tablet should be in its element but no, not yet, the >>> only alternative then is a Windows tablet such as the Galaxy Book. >>> The Galaxy Book isn't quite as well built as an iPad but its a tough build >>> all the same as all modern Samsung phones and tablets seem to be thus >>> should last you hears to come. >>> I'm working on a series of audio demos for the Samsung Galaxy Book 12 at >>> the moment and will release them shortly. >>> >>> >>> On 11/15/2017 7:32 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >>> The latest model is called the PixelBook. The main advantage is that there >>> is now full 100% Android app support built-in which means, of course, that >>> you can install TalkBack and BrailleBack. Specs look quite good, although I >>> still think that the Samsung Galaxy Books, based on what I’ve read and what >>> I’ve been told, offer a better alternative. >>> >>> ======================================== >>> >>> My compliments and kindest regards >>> Gordon Smith: >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >>> >>> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid >>> printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! >>> >>> Contact: >>> >>> • UK Free Phone: >>> 0800 8620538 >>> • UK Geographic / Global: >>> +44(0) 1642 688095 >>> • UK Mobile/SMS: >>> +44 (0)7804 983849 >>> • Vic. Australia: >>> +61 38 82059300 >>> • US/Canada: >>> +1 646 9151493 >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10 Nov 2017, at 10:14, Joshua Gregory <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I'll have to take a look at that, thank you! >>> On >>> Fri, Nov 10, 2017, 12:07 AM Dane Trethowan <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Hi! >>> No first hand experience hereas yet. >>> I've thought about getting a Chromebook to look at and I do know someone >>> who uses a Chromebook fulltime, he's totally blind and loves it, he came >>> from using an Apple Mac Mini and Voiceover. >>> Further to this, may I suggest you look up the AFB Access World magazine. >>> There you'll find a series of reviews and articles that have tracked the >>> Chromebook and the Screen Reading technology. >>> >>> On 11/10/2017 1:34 PM, Joshua Gregory wrote: >>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > I was wondering if anybody has had any experiences with Chromebooks >>> > and the chromevox screen reader. What were your experiences? Did you >>> > like it, did you not? Was there anything that stood out to you in >>> > comparison to, say, windows and nvda or narrator? Thanks very much! >>> > >>> -- >>> ********** >>> "For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the one's you >>> put in the ground and not the electric light one's." >>> ********** >>> ------------------------------ >>> This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned >>> by our server-side antivirus/malware solution. This should not, however, be >>> viewed as a substitution for your own security strategy. We assume no >>> culpability whatever, implicit or otherwise, for any compromise to your >>> systems as a result of opening any post to this group. Suffice it to say >>> that we remain vigilant within the boundaries of reason. We strongly urge >>> you to do likewise! 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